Overview
- The White House said it will finalize this week the rollback that abrogates the 2009 EPA finding that six greenhouse gases endanger public health.
- The EPA stated it lacks statutory authority to set certain motor‑vehicle emissions standards, a position the administration is using to justify the change.
- An executive order is expected to direct the Pentagon to purchase electricity from coal‑fired plants, with funding planned to restart or upgrade five facilities in West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina and Kentucky.
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called the package the largest deregulatory act in U.S. history, and reporting indicates fossil‑fuel producers would benefit.
- Environmental groups and Democratic officials vowed court challenges that could last years, creating regulatory uncertainty for companies navigating tighter overseas standards and potential state‑level rules.